Woman accused of inside job

By STAFF REPORTS / Daily News

Published: Saturday, August 16, 2014 at 09:29 PM.

CRESTVIEW - A 27-year-old Crestview woman is accused of burglarizing the restaurant where she worked.

Jennifer Lynn Money was arrested on Aug. 6 for the March 2014 burglary, according to the arrest report. Surveillance video showed a Caucasian woman going into the business through an unlocked door around 2:22 in the morning.

The woman proceeded to walk into the manager’s office, where the door was left standing open, the report said. The woman took $1,320 from the night deposits, $495 from the “change fund” and $400 worth of activated gift cards from the safe, which had also been left standing open.

She then left through the same unlocked door, according to the report. Investigators spoke to the night manager, Money, who was physically similar to the burglar.

Money insisted that she had locked all of the doors and closed the safe, the report said. She told Crestview Police officers that a friend had driven home with her.

Police noted that it took the suspect a mere 90 seconds to complete the theft, according to the report. The suspect went straight to the managers office and didn’t even check the registers, leading officers to believe it was an employee.

Money’s friend initially told officers that she had driven home with Money, but later said that Money had asked that her friend “cover” for her, according to the report.

Money is charged with burglary of a structure unarmed without a person inside, grand theft of more than $300 but less than $5,000 and giving false reports to law enforcement.

Her next scheduled court date is Sept. 16.

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CRESTVIEW - A 27-year-old Crestview woman is accused of burglarizing the restaurant where she worked.

Jennifer Lynn Money was arrested on Aug. 6 for the March 2014 burglary, according to the arrest report. Surveillance video showed a Caucasian woman going into the business through an unlocked door around 2:22 in the morning.

The woman proceeded to walk into the manager’s office, where the door was left standing open, the report said. The woman took $1,320 from the night deposits, $495 from the “change fund” and $400 worth of activated gift cards from the safe, which had also been left standing open.

She then left through the same unlocked door, according to the report. Investigators spoke to the night manager, Money, who was physically similar to the burglar.

Money insisted that she had locked all of the doors and closed the safe, the report said. She told Crestview Police officers that a friend had driven home with her.

Police noted that it took the suspect a mere 90 seconds to complete the theft, according to the report. The suspect went straight to the managers office and didn’t even check the registers, leading officers to believe it was an employee.

Money’s friend initially told officers that she had driven home with Money, but later said that Money had asked that her friend “cover” for her, according to the report.

Money is charged with burglary of a structure unarmed without a person inside, grand theft of more than $300 but less than $5,000 and giving false reports to law enforcement.